Jonathan Van Ness Receives Double Emmy Nominations

“I can’t stop crying when I think about it,” said the 31-year-old Netflix sensation.

Can you believe? Of course you can, this is Jonathan Van Ness we’re talking about!

When Emmy nominations were announced on the morning of Thursday, July 12th, the Illinois-born hairdresser was surrounded by his co-stars from the critically acclaimed Netflix reboot Queer Eye. The Fab Five were elated to learn that their series was nominated (and in not one but four categories) and equally excited to hear that Van Ness’s Game of Thrones recap show Gay of Thrones was as well.

The moment I found out about #gayofthrones , we all just had found out about @queereye 4 nominations, all my friends here are so supportive and excited for my success as much as theirs. Gay of Thrones was a baby idea @gibblertron and I had that literally was a pipe dream. This is incredible, so many thanks so much love, here is to all our dreams 💙 I love you so much @bobbyberk @tanfrance @karamobrown @antoni 🎥 @denisecrew

A post shared by Jonathan Van Ness (@jvn) on Jul 12, 2018 at 10:18am PDT

“Last year, I shot Gay of Thrones and Queer Eye at the same time,” the grooming extraordinaire told E! News, “I don’t think a lot of people realize that. I was shooting Queer Eye like Monday through Friday, and then you know, maintaining my hair clientele and then like flying to LA, doing hair on Saturdays, and then filming Gay of Thrones on Sunday, and then I fly back to Atlanta, and I really had to keep that under wraps because you know Netflix hadn’t announced yet. And it was really difficult, but it was also such an honor.”

Thanks for all the support today & no matter how many no’s you encounter don’t quit 💙💙💙💙💙 #emmynominee #queereye #gayofthrones 📸 @denisecrew

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We couldn’t be more grateful for all of the hard work that Van Ness has put in or more thrilled for his resulting success, and we can only see his star continuing to rise from here.